[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-\u002Fblog\u002Faer-ccs-pore-space-tenure-quarter-sections":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"cover":287,"date":288,"description":289,"extension":290,"meta":291,"navigation":175,"path":294,"seo":295,"stem":296,"tags":297,"__hash__":306},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Faer-ccs-pore-space-tenure-quarter-sections.md","AER CCS Pore Space Tenure: How to Identify Quarter Sections in Licensed Tenure Zones",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":278},"minimark",[9,13,16,19,24,32,35,64,67,70,74,77,80,87,90,99,103,106,119,122,137,149,153,156,159,164,190,195,216,221,242,250,257,261,264],[10,11,12],"p",{},"The AER's carbon capture and storage tenure evaluation window closes June 30, 2026. If you're assembling a pore space tenure application, one step that takes longer than it should is identifying which DLS quarter sections fall within a licensed AER CCS tenure zone — and translating those boundaries into the land descriptions the AER requires.",[10,14,15],{},"The registry defines storage areas by geological formation extent, not property lines. The geological model describes where a CO₂ plume will migrate. Your job is to translate that extent into AER CCS tenure land descriptions: a list of DLS sections and quarter sections that matches the formation boundary, each verified to resolve to the correct location on the ground.",[10,17,18],{},"For a project in the Fort Saskatchewan–Heartland industrial corridor, a single injection zone may cover 14 or more quarter sections across three to four DLS sections. Each one needs a verified legal land description before the AER application package is complete.",[20,21,23],"h2",{"id":22},"how-pore-space-tenure-areas-are-defined-in-the-dls-grid","How Pore Space Tenure Areas Are Defined in the DLS Grid",[10,25,26,27,31],{},"Under Alberta's ",[28,29,30],"em",{},"Carbon Sequestration Tenure Regulations",", pore space tenure applications describe the storage formation by its DLS extent. The AER does not accept GPS coordinates or polygon shapefiles as the primary description — the submission requires standard DLS notation, tied to the survey grid.",[10,33,34],{},"For a deep saline aquifer project in the Fort Saskatchewan–Heartland area, a pore space tenure block might span:",[36,37,38,46,52,58],"ul",{},[39,40,41,45],"li",{},[42,43,44],"strong",{},"Section 22, Township 55, Range 20, West of the 4th Meridian"," — All four quarter sections: NE-22-55-20-W4, NW-22-55-20-W4, SE-22-55-20-W4, SW-22-55-20-W4",[39,47,48,51],{},[42,49,50],{},"Section 28, Township 55, Range 20, West of the 4th Meridian"," — All four quarter sections: NE-28-55-20-W4, NW-28-55-20-W4, SE-28-55-20-W4, SW-28-55-20-W4",[39,53,54,57],{},[42,55,56],{},"Section 27, Township 55, Range 20, West of the 4th Meridian"," — The two northern quarter sections: NE-27-55-20-W4, NW-27-55-20-W4",[39,59,60,63],{},[42,61,62],{},"Section 33, Township 55, Range 20, West of the 4th Meridian"," — Four quarter sections covering the injection formation tail: NE-33-55-20-W4, NW-33-55-20-W4, SE-33-55-20-W4, SW-33-55-20-W4",[10,65,66],{},"That's 14 quarter sections — one injection zone, one AER submission, 14 DLS descriptions that each need to be correct.",[10,68,69],{},"Above that list sits the surface component: injection wellheads at specific LSDs, monitoring wells, and the pipeline corridor connecting to the industrial emitter. A full application package for a project this size typically carries 35 to 50 individual AER CCS tenure land descriptions across surface and subsurface tenure types.",[20,71,73],{"id":72},"using-the-ccs-tenure-layer-to-map-licensed-zones","Using the CCS Tenure Layer to Map Licensed Zones",[10,75,76],{},"Township Canada's CCS Tenure Layer (released April 2026) shows AER-licensed pore space tenure zone boundaries overlaid on the DLS survey grid, with satellite imagery underneath. For anyone preparing an AER CCS tenure application, this eliminates the manual step of cross-referencing the AER pore space registry against a separate DLS viewer.",[10,78,79],{},"Toggle the CCS Tenure layer from the map layers panel in the app. Licensed tenure zone boundaries appear on the DLS grid. You can see immediately which quarter sections fall inside a licensed zone, which are adjacent, and which sit outside the licensed area entirely.",[10,81,82],{},[83,84],"img",{"alt":85,"src":86},"Township Canada interactive map with DLS grid overlay showing survey sections","\u002Fimages\u002Fguides\u002Finteractive-map.webp",[10,88,89],{},"This is particularly useful when your geological model suggests pore space overlap with an existing licensed tenure — a common scenario in the Heartland corridor where multiple CCS projects are proposed within the same deep saline formation. The layer lets you identify potential conflicts before the application is submitted, not during AER review.",[10,91,92,93,98],{},"The CCS Tenure Layer is available on the ",[94,95,97],"a",{"href":96},"\u002Fpricing","Business tier",".",[20,100,102],{"id":101},"batch-export-geojson-for-aer-shapefile-submissions","Batch Export: GeoJSON for AER Shapefile Submissions",[10,104,105],{},"The AER requires a location exhibit as part of every CCS tenure application — a map showing the pore space tenure boundary, injection well sites, and surface infrastructure. Most consultants deliver this as a KML file or shapefile generated from a GIS tool.",[10,107,108,109,113,114,118],{},"Township Canada's API returns pore space tenure zone boundaries as GeoJSON for any queried LSD or quarter section. The ",[94,110,112],{"href":111},"\u002Fapp\u002Fbatch","Business tier batch converter"," and the ",[94,115,117],{"href":116},"\u002Fguides\u002Fbatch-api-guide","Batch API"," handle a full location list in a single request.",[10,120,121],{},"The workflow for building the AER submission package:",[123,124,125,128,131,134],"ol",{},[39,126,127],{},"Start with your list of sections and quarter sections from the geological model boundary",[39,129,130],{},"Upload to the batch converter as a CSV — mixed LSDs, quarter sections, and DLS sections are all supported in the same upload",[39,132,133],{},"Export as GeoJSON for AER submission maps, or as KML for the internal verification pass in Google Earth",[39,135,136],{},"Use the GeoJSON directly in QGIS or ArcGIS to build the regulatory location exhibit",[10,138,139,140,143,144,148],{},"For teams integrating this into a larger CCS project workflow, the API endpoint accepts LSD or quarter section queries and returns GeoJSON boundaries structured for direct use in AER shapefile submissions. See the ",[94,141,142],{"href":116},"Batch API guide"," and ",[94,145,147],{"href":146},"\u002Fguides\u002Fdownload-results","download formats reference"," for export format details.",[20,150,152],{"id":151},"location-data-checklist-for-an-aer-ccs-tenure-proposal","Location Data Checklist for an AER CCS Tenure Proposal",[10,154,155],{},"The AER's review process checks legal land descriptions against its spatial database. Applications that don't pass this check come back with a location discrepancy notice — and with the June 30 deadline, there's no time to absorb a resubmission cycle.",[10,157,158],{},"Before the package goes in, verify each category of AER CCS tenure land description on this list:",[10,160,161],{},[42,162,163],{},"Pore space tenure sections",[36,165,168,178,184],{"className":166},[167],"contains-task-list",[39,169,172,177],{"className":170},[171],"task-list-item",[173,174],"input",{"disabled":175,"type":176},true,"checkbox"," Each DLS section description resolves to the correct geographic location — convert to GPS and confirm on satellite imagery",[39,179,181,183],{"className":180},[171],[173,182],{"disabled":175,"type":176}," Section numbers are valid for the township-range combination (not every section exists near the meridians or the US border)",[39,185,187,189],{"className":186},[171],[173,188],{"disabled":175,"type":176}," Meridian is W4, not W5 — these run 250 km apart and are the most common single-character error in AER filings",[10,191,192],{},[42,193,194],{},"Injection and monitoring well sites",[36,196,198,204,210],{"className":197},[167],[39,199,201,203],{"className":200},[171],[173,202],{"disabled":175,"type":176}," Each LSD resolves to the correct 40-acre parcel within the section",[39,205,207,209],{"className":206},[171],[173,208],{"disabled":175,"type":176}," The well licence surface location matches the LSD in the Surface Lease Agreement",[39,211,213,215],{"className":212},[171],[173,214],{"disabled":175,"type":176}," GPS coordinates for each wellhead land inside the proposed pore space tenure boundary",[10,217,218],{},[42,219,220],{},"Surface infrastructure",[36,222,224,230,236],{"className":223},[167],[39,225,227,229],{"className":226},[171],[173,228],{"disabled":175,"type":176}," Pipeline right-of-way quarter sections are listed in order from source to wellhead",[39,231,233,235],{"className":232},[171],[173,234],{"disabled":175,"type":176}," Each crossed quarter section has a valid DLS description",[39,237,239,241],{"className":238},[171],[173,240],{"disabled":175,"type":176}," Surface lease LSDs for compression and dehydration facilities match the AER licence descriptions",[10,243,244,245,249],{},"For the regulatory context on how CCS legal land descriptions flow through Alberta's tenure system — from pore space tenure through injection well licensing to surface rights — the ",[94,246,248],{"href":247},"\u002Flearn\u002Findustries\u002Flegal-land-description-for-carbon-sequestration","carbon sequestration industry guide"," covers each tenure type in detail.",[10,251,252,253,98],{},"For a full walkthrough of how consultants build the location package for an AER submission, see ",[94,254,256],{"href":255},"\u002Fblog\u002Fcarbon-sequestration-tenure-alberta-ccs-lease-blocks","Mapping CCS Lease Blocks Before the AER June 30 Deadline",[20,258,260],{"id":259},"preparing-for-june-30","Preparing for June 30",[10,262,263],{},"A CCS tenure application with 40 legal land descriptions and one meridian error gets returned for correction. The same package with verified DLS descriptions and GeoJSON exports goes to the AER reviewer complete.",[10,265,266,267,270,271,273,274,277],{},"The CCS Tenure Layer and ",[94,268,117],{"href":269},"\u002Fapi"," are available on the ",[94,272,97],{"href":96},". For teams managing multiple CCS projects before the June 30 deadline, the ",[94,275,276],{"href":111},"batch converter"," handles the full location list in a single upload — surface and subsurface tenure mixed — and exports in all AER-compatible formats.",{"title":279,"searchDepth":280,"depth":280,"links":281},"",2,[282,283,284,285,286],{"id":22,"depth":280,"text":23},{"id":72,"depth":280,"text":73},{"id":101,"depth":280,"text":102},{"id":151,"depth":280,"text":152},{"id":259,"depth":280,"text":260},"https:\u002F\u002Fb9bukyyl5yuyveqq.public.blob.vercel-storage.com\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002F2026-05\u002F60eaf775-112b-495e-9d24-82f6313c5fe6.jpeg","2026-05-07","AER CCS tenure land descriptions require mapping DLS quarter sections within pore space zone boundaries. Here's how to verify and export them for the June 30, 2026 deadline.","md",{"category":292,"author":293},"industry","Township Canada","\u002Fblog\u002Faer-ccs-pore-space-tenure-quarter-sections",{"title":5,"description":289},"blog\u002Faer-ccs-pore-space-tenure-quarter-sections",[298,299,300,301,302,303,304,305],"carbon sequestration","CCS","CCUS","Alberta","AER","DLS","pore space tenure","land descriptions","soyG6ShzrhSkIJ1IqF18Ujh0tjcn7GDzKp2U7lwAsOo"]